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Versuri

[Verse 1]
Hallway buzz
Posters on the peeling paint
“Leadership Awards”
Names in glitter
Names in gold
Kids lined up
Practicing their biggest grin
Trying on a voice
That doesn’t really fit their soul

[Chorus]
But I don’t wanna shout to be seen
Don’t wanna chase a borrowed dream
Vision isn’t volume or height
I just wanna be the light
In a quiet corner
Steady and bright
I just wanna be the light

[Verse 2]
Teacher says
“We need captains for the year”
Hands shoot up
Like fireworks in a storm
I look down
Thumb on the fraying notebook edge
Ideas in the margins
Too shy to take their form

[Chorus]
‘Cause I don’t wanna shout to be seen
Don’t wanna chase a borrowed dream
Vision isn’t volume or height
I just wanna be the light
In a quiet corner
Steady and bright
I just wanna be the light

[Bridge]
What if leading
Feels like listening first
What if power
Looks like lifting someone’s hurt
If I carry
One small flame through the night
Could that be
Enough to start the sunrise

[Chorus]
I don’t have to shout to be seen
I don’t need a perfect speech
Vision isn’t volume or height
I was born to be the light
In a quiet corner
Steady and bright
I was born to be the light (be the light)